Word: diverter
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...third area of concern is a stealthy reallocation of resources. While upholding assurances to maintain the level of resource support for public service, she has nonetheless begun to divert resources away from PBHA. As mentioned earlier, PBHA is losing space within PBH. In addition, staff support is being "redirected." As our programs have become more complex over time, the professional staff has played an important role in supporting students in running their programs. While we recognize and support the need of other public service programs for staff time, we do not think it is just or practical to decrease...
...follows this classic, comforting formula to the letter: boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy is an idiot, boy loses girl, boy and girl get back together. Streisand, however, adds her own 90's twist--no sex. This little curveball does exactly nothing to divert the film from the romantic formula, but, aside from discouraging most of the male audience, it does accomplish one other significant feat: It makes the movie a whole hell of a lot funnier...
...policy, the government must not divert funds away from appropriations that are essentially investments in the future, Kerrey said...
Weinberg makes it clear that he is unwilling to divert any more money from the normal fund to the new, need-blind fund...
...National Taxpayers Union named Smith the "most fiscally conservative" member in the first 100 days of the 104th Congress. This summer he proposed a Social Security bill that would let workers divert some of their taxes to private accounts and reduce their retirement benefits accordingly, as well as increase the retirement age. Smith has a good shot at re-election in the conservative Seventh...